LISTEN – Alderman Bob Bauman’s already trying to figure out how to get another 1% to support the trolley and clear the way for even more spending. Read More After The Milwaukee Bailout, Regional Transit Authority
The Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would create a regional transit authority (RTA) in the Fox Valley. Elected officials would be appointed to the RTA and given the authority to increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for transportation costs. At his press conference prior to the Assembly session, Speaker Robin Vos (R-Burlington) said that the bill will go nowhere in the Assembly. Read More Speaker Robin Vos Says RTA Bill is DOA in the Assembly
When Republicans killed off the old RTAs in the 2011 budget, the complaint was that the RTAs were largely bodies that were not responsible to anyone. They could spend as they pleased without being accountable to the voters. Supporters of the bill claim that the new RTA is not as scary as the old RTA. It’s more like Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein than Boris Karloff in the original. Read More ***Updated*** From Beyond the Grave, the RTA